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Middle Tennessee moves towards normalcy as snow begins to melt

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Tony GonzalezWPLN News
Snow melted quickly in Nashville on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, after a significant snow storm two days earlier.
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Middle Tennessee is beginning to open back up and recove after Friday’s snowstorm blanketed the state.

In Nashville, WeGo public transit returned to its normal schedule Sunday morning after scaling back on Friday and Saturday. Trash collection resumes Monday, though Metro government is asking residents to hold off on putting out recycling bins until their next scheduled recycling pickup day. 

On Sunday, several Middle Tennessee school districts announced plans for Monday’s classes. Some are re-opening on a 2-hour delay; others will remain closed, including Dickson County Schools, Maury County Schools, Robertson County Schools, Rutherford County Schools and Wilson County Schools.  Metro Nashville Public Schools had not announced its plans as of Sunday at 6:30 p.m.

Most of Middle Tennessee received between three and four inches of snow, but some saw even more than that. Pegram and Mount Juliet saw five inches of snow, and Southwest Dickson County got nearly six inches. 

Some of Davidson’s surrounding counties are being more cautious about reopening. Williamson County closed all parks and waste dropoff facilities on Sunday. 

Power outages have been minor and mostly in West Tennessee. Only one water system was affected: Lexington, in Henderson County. 

But the impact of the storm on highways and interstates has been far more deadly.

Major Travis Plotzer with the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) posted a social media video about the challenges and warned people to avoid driving during winter storms.

“Troopers have had to respond to over 500 crashes where people were not injured,” he said. “They’ve also had to respond to over 120 crashes where people were injured. Tragically, we’ve also had responded to three crashes with fatalities. Troopers were able to assist over 870 people that were broken down or stranded on Tennessee highways.”

Plotzer says THP dispatchers answered more than 1,700 phone calls related to the storm since Friday.

Update: This story has been updated with some information about school closings and delays for Monday, January 13th.

Char Daston

Char Daston is a reporter and newscast writer for WPLN. Char got his start in public radio as an intern at WYSO public radio in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he answered questions sent in by listeners for a program called WYSO Curious. He went on to work at St. Louis Public Radio and WBEZ Chicago, where he produced the daily talk show Reset and reported for the education desk. His work has also appeared in Curious City, Chicago Magazine and the Chicago Sun-Times. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Char attended college and grad school at the University of Chicago, where he wrote his master’s thesis on the politics of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. As a journalist, he is interested in the ways big political decisions and historical events shape our everyday lives. He loves to learn about education, the arts, activism and the ways people help one another. Unable to settle on one creative project, Char enjoys writing poetry, plays and video essays in his spare time. You’ll likely find him rushing to choir rehearsal or seeking out Nashville’s best Thai and Korean food.

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